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Pilot Officer HERBERT JOHN (JACK) BENSON

Service Number: 171065
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

100 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VEVEY (ST. MARTIN'S) CEMETERY

Grave 105.

Switzerland

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert James Benson and Katie Saunders Benson, of Romford, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription LET ME FEEL THE WIND ON MY TEMPLES WHEN I ANSWER THE LAST GREAT CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

VEVEY (ST. MARTIN'S) CEMETERY
Switzerland
Number of casualties: 136
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